Warren Cuccurullo Quotes

I'm a fan of Talking Heads going way back.

A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.

Sonic Youth is one of my favorite bands.

True crime has always been popular.

Soundgarden are good friends of mine.

We're a rock band. We're proud of it. We're not an art band, a noise band, or an extreme band.

What is remarkable about Joy Division is the way they are bereft of two of the mainstays of most other rock and pop: longing and supplication.

I guess you could call my music progressive, pop, rock.

I remember Simple Minds, Echo and the Bunnymen, Nina Hagen, Elvis Costello and Duran Duran. And the best concert I ever saw was the Rolling Stones, in the stadium of Sporting Lisbon.

Guns N' Roses is a weighty subject, but in the same breath, I don't take it that seriously.

I love PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Pixies, Portishead, and Massive Attack: a lot of what I would describe as alternative and indie music.

They are one of my favorite bands and one of my first musical loves: Devo.

A rock-and-roll group needed a name that fit criteria in three areas: It had to be great for a bowling team; it had to be great for a gang; and it had to be great for a rock-and-roll group. So we called ourselves Dion and the Belmonts.

I listen to everything from The Cure and The Clash to Prince and George Clinton.

I was always obsessed with crime, crime shows, anything to do with unsolved cold cases.

My novels are never directly based on a true crime incident, but I want to get the details right. I want to know how homicide detectives think, what a SWAT team might do to prepare.

Tears For Fears is my ultimate passion.

Ian Curtis was a young genius.

For fun, I love to play the drums... poorly. I have a band, a bunch of theater nerds - we got together, and we're like, 'Let's play rock music for three hours and never take breaks.' We call ourselves The U.S. Open.

Los Angeles produced the Beach Boys. Dusseldorf produced Kraftwerk. New York produced Chic. Manchester produced Joy Division.

Band I listen to most: The Ramones.

With Metallica, it's hard. I tend to like it all, but the older stuff, when we get into the deeper cuts, it really excites me personally.

My guilty pleasure is watching the Investigation Discovery channel.

I just love The Cure. I think that their songwriting is so next level, and I really like the juxtaposition between this bad boy attitude and a softer, more emotional idea.

I used to jam with Steve Marriott of the Small Faces.